فقر و ملوکيت
English title: FAQR AND MONARCHY
فقر جنگاہ ميں بے ساز و يراق آتا ہےضرب کاري ہے، اگر سينے ميں ہے قلب سليم
Faqr goes to war unequipped, unarmed with glee; it deals dire blows, if heart of sins is free.
اس کي بڑھتي ہوئي بے باکي و بے تابي سےتازہ ہر عہد ميں ہے قصہ فرعون و کليم
Its defiance and unrest, ever on increase give tale of Moses and Pharoah fresh release.
اب ترا دور بھي آنے کو ہے اے فقر غيورکھا گئي روح فرنگي کو ہوائے زروسيم
O zealous Faqr, you will get your grandeur old, the Frankish soul is stained with greed of wealth and gold.
عشق و مستي نے کيا ضبط نفس مجھ پہ حرامکہ گرہ غنچے کي کھلتي نہيں بے موج نسيم
Ecstatic Love forbids control of heart without breeze the petals do not part.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — فقر و ملوکيت — Digital transcription file at commit 39d44fc0c2b8ca25769c4b36e6eac4d90cb42b35; the source dataset does not identify the underlying print edition.Verified against this pinned digital transcription file; not checked against a print edition.Source
- Iqbal Demystified source list: Zarb-e-Kalim — Pinned digital dataset commit 39d44fc0c2b8ca25769c4b36e6eac4d90cb42b35; the underlying print edition is not identified by the dataset.Community dataset list; not reconciled against a print edition.Source
- Zarb-e-Kalim English translation at allama-iqbal.com — Poverty And Monarchy — Public digital poem page, retrieved 2026-10-06; pinned to allama-iqbal.com commit 82547635bb6b758c45082084b2f152fc453a8056.Translation by Syed Akbar Ali Shah; English Translation by: Syed Akbar Ali ShahSource